Beveling machine



Feb. 15 {1925.

W. J. KNOLL BEVELING MACHINE Filed Sept. 15, 1924 4Sheets -Sheet 1 Feb. 16 1926. 1,573,554

W. J. KNOLL BEVELING MACHINE Filed Sept. 15, 1924 4 Sheets-Sheet s w. J. KNOLL savanna MACHINE Feb. 16 1926-.

4 Sheets-Sheet 4 I Filed Sept. 13, 1924 Patented Feb. 16, 1926.

UNITED PATENT OFFICE- WILLIAM J. KNOLL, or CHICAGO, ILLIivoIs, AssIeNoR TO II. B. ROUSE & COMPANY,

OFCI-IICAGO, ILLINOIS, A 'conronA'rronor ILLINOIS. v

EV LING MACfIiNE.

Application filed September 13, 1 924. Serial no. 737,507.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM .J. IQNOLL,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, n the county of Cook and the N btate of Ill no s, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement 1n Beveling Machines, of whichthe following is a full,

clear, concise, and exact description. 7 I

My invention relates to machines for-cutting and beveling strips of sheet naterial and is of particular advantage in cutting printe-rsrules to length and be'veling the ends there'of. l c 7 T The machine of my invention includes a cutter and gauging device whereby the lengths of the rules or other strips maybe determined between'the overhanging bevel edges or between the overhung bevel edges. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, gauging means are employed. that measure the length of the strips between the overhanging bevel edges and supplemental gauging means are employed'to modify the adjustment of the first gauging means to effect an adjustment corresponding to the distance between the overhungbevel edges of the strips tobe formed. The cutter employed is in the form of a cutting wheel whose crown is in its median plane and whose periphery has symmetrically related beveled cutting faces on opposite sides of the crown. Means are employedfor adjusting the cutter with respect to the work support whereby strips of different thicknesses may be cut in a manner to have the crown reach and justpenetrate the strips being cut, whereby the strips will be cut to the length defined by the adjustment of the gauges without necessitating any readjustment of the gauges when strips of differing thickness are being cut. 7 g i The invention will be more fully explained in connection withgthe accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a planview of the preferred embodiment thereof, a portion being broken away; Fig. 2 is affront" view of the upper portion of the machine showing mechanism of .the invention; is asectional view on line 3 3 of 9; Figsfl,

5. 6 and 7 are views, somewhat dia amniatic, illustrating the manner In whiclrthe machine is adjustedyFigj8 is a sectional view on line 8+8 of "Fig. 1; Fig. 91is a'sectional viewon lineb9f9 of Fig. lgFig "10 i e seminal ne an li e-.lQ il 1 .1;

Fig. 11 isa view on a largerscale of part of mechanism as it appears'in Fig. 1 with a covering plate removed; Fig. 12 is a sectional view on line 12-12 of Fig. 11; Fig.

18 is asectional view on line 13-13 of Fie. 10.

The bed 1 is suitably supported, as upon astandard 2. The work table 3 is pivoted along its rear edge'to the bed as indicated at The work table is formed with a transverse opening therethrough through which the milling tool or cutter 6 is projected to an extent corresponding to the depth of the cut to-be made. This cutter is'in theform or a wheel fixedupon a shaft 7 A pulley 8 is lined upon the shaft and is driven by a belt 9.v Theextent to'which the cover wheel '6 projects above the table 8 is determined by means of a vertically adjustable post whichengages the bottom ofthe table 3 0n thefs'ide thereof opposite its hinge l. The post is screw threaded into arack bar vertically movable through the interior of ahollow block v12 which is fastened to Qthebed 1. A horizontal'pinion 13 is located within the interior of the block 12 and engages the rack 11 which is maintained in 'connectionwith the pinion by means of a leafspring -1-fl in--' terposed between the rack at oneside of the block. The pinion is carried-npon a shaft 15 which isjournaledi inthe sides of the block 12'and whichcarries a handle 16 upon its outer end whereby the pinion may turned to elevate or lower :the table. A.

notched sector 17 is screwed upon the block 12 and the handle carries a lateral extension '18 through/which inwardly spring pressed pin 19 passesfto engage/a selected notch in the sector to hold the-pinion 13 in'any select ed adjustment to hold the selected .adju st- I nent of the table. '1 This pin may carry'a knurled head 20 which maybe pulled upon when' the pin is to be releasedfor engagement withanotherselected notcln The object to befcut'is illustrated in the form of a printers rule 21, although theinvention is not to be limited to .any particular work to be performed; This ruleis placed against the head 22 a carriage having a transvers horizontal extension 23 which is i eceived .ivithin a transverse roove 2 formed h l name iipe th carriage by means of the pins which are carried .upon and passed j .2 lllllQb, n wi l: i

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27 projecting upwardly from the head 22. These pins depend from a cross head 28 having a thumb button 29 by which the pins may be pressed upon the work to hold it while being cut. When thumb pressure is released from the button, the springs 30 raise the pins from the work to permit of its removal and adjustment. The range of travel of the carriage is determined by pin 31 which passes downwardly through a transverse slot 32 in the table, the ends of the slot. defining: the limits of the travel of The pin may be surrounded by a washer engaging the under-surface ot the table. A spring 3 presses the washer against the table to hold the carriage in assembly with the table.

The lengths into which the printer's rule 91 or other work may be cut is adj ustably determined by means of the adjustable gauge stop 35 which is located in front of the work engaging upright face of the carriage head22. The gauge stop is carried upon a cross head 36 which is slidably supported upon a rack bar 3?, this rack bar being normally stationary upon the carriage head 22. The cross head 36 has a transverse slot 38 therein which receives a toothed block 39 adapted to mesh with the teeth or" the rack 37. A set screw 40 holds the toothed block in its selected relation to the rack bar, this pin being threaded within the cross head. The lengths, over all, into which the rules or other work are cut, is defined by the distance between the gauge stop 35 and the cutting crown of the wheel 5 which, in the body of the invention illustrated, forms mitre or beveling cuts in the work. After each length of rule is cut and removed, the rule stock is fed until its end engages the stop whereupon the cutting; operation is repeated. It it is desired to change the lengths, over all, of the rules cut from the rule stock, the toothed block 39 must be shift-ed along the rack bar 87 to the required extent. To this end, the set screw 40 is withdrawn from the block wherealt'ter the hori- Zontal push button 41, which is connected with the block 39 and is slidable in the cross head, is. pushed inwardly against the force of the restoring spring 42 to clear the toothed block from the rack, whereupon the cross head is moved along the rack to the desired extent whereatter the push button is released to permit the spring 42 to bring; the toothed block into engagement with the fresh rack teeth, to hold the cross head and the gauge stop thereon in new adjustment. After such adjustment has been effected it is again maintained lay-again tightening the set screw 40 against the toothed block 3?.

The rack bar 3'? may bear scale marks thereon, as indicated in Fig. 1, to aid in deter- .mnnng the lengths of the rules or other parts ich. are to 'el ut- Whe p nters rules are to be out by the machines, the scale divisions upon the rack bar are in picas. As illustrated in Fig. 1, the gauge stop 35 is adjusted to enable rules of forty-three picas length, over all, to be cut. ends of rules or other strips, the wheel 6 has its crown in the medium plane of the wheel, the wheel being symmetrically beveled upon each side of its crown, and the adjustment is such that this crown penetrates to and through the top surface of the rules top, the result being that the strip is cut in two severed beveled ends on either side of the cutting wheel. After a rule length has been. cut, the carriage is withdrawn from the cutter, the out length ot' the rules removed and the strip is again advanced against the carriage stop 35, whereupon the cutting operation is repeated. It a strip of another thickness is to be cut, the table is elevated or lowered until the crown of the cutter just penerates the strip, see Figs. 4 and 5. The length of the strip, in accordance with the illustrations in Figs. sand 5, is defined by the distance between the extreme or overhanging edges of the bevel. It the lengths of the strips are to be inc-as ured between the inner or overhung edges of the bevels, the gauge 35 is set, with reference to the rack bar 37, at aposition corresponding to the designated length of the strips to be cut, the error in this positioning of the gauge stop 35 being corrected by shifting the rack bar 37 a distance which is twice the distance of the base of bevel angle, the rack bar being mounted to slide in the cross head 3!. Inasmuch as this adjustment of the rack bar must be in accordance with the thickness of the strip, the side of the table is adjusted by the elevation or depression of the post 10, in the manner hereto described,

In beveling the 1 whereatter, the rack bar being adjusted as stated to aid the operator, the notches in the sector 17 are numbered and the adj ustino; device for the rack bar has scale divisions corresponding-1y numbered. This adj usting device is preferably inclusive of pinion 43 which is journaled to rotate in an enlarge ment as of the carriage 22. The shaft of this pinion carries an adjusting head 45 by which the pinion. may be turned to shift the rack bar 37 to the desired extent. This adjusting head is provided. with scale divisions, as indicated, which correspond with the scale divisions upon the sector 17. the scale tlivisions numbered corrcspondin to the number of the selected notch in the scctor 17, being placed at the stationary index line 46 marked upon the post ll that is stationary with respect to the carriage head The adjusting head 45 may be termed with a number of peripheral teeth to be en gagged by a holding dog 49 to maintain the adjustment effected by the pinion 43. This lwld ng d g 18 r e y m iu ed'upon the carriage 22 and is spring pressed by a coiled spring which presses downwardly upon the tail of the dog to move the nose of the dog into the selected toothed notch upon the adjusting head 45. The adjustment for variation in thickness of the strip in conjunc tion with determining the length between the inner or overhung bevel edges is diagrammatically illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7. It is understood that when the'lengths of the strip being out are measured between the overhanging edges of the bevels, that the zero scale division mark upon the adjusting head 15 is pressed in register with the stationary index mark46, placing. the rack in the normal relation with the cutter wheel which is required when the lengths of the strip are being measured between the overhanging edges of the bevels, it being understood that the graduations of the rack read from the crown plane of the cutter wheel toward the gauge stop 35.

Changes may be made without departing 'rom my invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim i 1. A beveling cutter; a work support for positioning the material, this support and cutter being relatively movable to enable the cutter to cut the work upon the support; a gauge for determining the over all length of the portions cut andbeveled; and a supplemental gauge for modifying the adjustment of the first gauge to measure the length betweenftheoverhung bevel edges of the portions being out andbeveled.

2. A beveling cutter; a work support for positioning the material, this'support and cutter being relatively movable to enable the cutter to out the work upon the support; a gauge for determining the over all length of the portions cut and beveled; a supplemental gauge for modifying the adjustment of the first gauge to measure the length be tween the overhung bevel edges of the pertions beingcut andbeveled; and means for adjusting the distance between the crown of the cutter and the work receiving face of the work support. 7

3. A beveling cutter in the form of a wheel having symmetrically related beveling faces sloping from the crown thereof; a work support for positioning the material,

this support and cutter being relatively mov able to enable the cutter to cut the work upon the support; a gauge for determlning modifying the adjustment of the first gauge to measure the length between the overhung bevel. edges of the portions being cut and beveled.

at. A beveling cutter in the form of a wheel having symmetrically related beveling faces sloping from the crown thereof; a work support for positioning the material, this support and cutter being relatively mov- .the over all length of the portions cut and, beveled; and a supplemental gauge for able to enable the, cutter to cut the work n 3011 the su )ort; a au 'e for determinin the over all length of the portions cut and positioning the material, this support and cutter being relatively movable to enable the cutter to cut the workupon the support; a gauge for determining the over all length of the portions cut and beveled inclusive of an adjustable gauge stop and a measuring bar along which the stop 18 movable; and a supplemental gauge for moving the measuring bar longitudinally in measuring the length between the overhung bevel edges of the portions bemg cut and beveled.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name. 1

WILLIAM J. KNOLL. 

